List of native New Zealand ferns
Appearance
This is a list of native New Zealand ferns. These are the true ferns in the Division Pteridophyta that are native to New Zealand.
- Asplenium bulbiferum - Hen and Chickens fern, mouku
- Asplenium flaccidum - Hanging spleenwort
- Asplenium polyodon
- Asplenium oblongifolium - Shining spleenwort
- Blechnum chambersii
- Blechnum discolor - Crown fern
- Blechnum fluviatile - Water fern, kiwikiwi
- Blechnum filiforme
- Blechnum procerum
- Blechnum novae-zelandiae - Kio kio
- Cyathea dealbata - Silver tree fern, silver fern, Kaponga or Ponga
- Cyathea medullaris - Black tree fern, Mamaku
- Cyathea smithii - Soft tree fern, Katote
- Dicksonia squarrosa - New Zealand tree fern, wheki
- Lastreopsis glabella
- Lastreopsis hispida
- Polystichum richardii
- Polystichum vestitum - Prickly shield fern
- Diranopteris linearis
- Gleichenia dicarpa – Tangle fern, spider fern, swamp umbrella fern
- Gleichenia circinnata – Tangle fern, spider fern, swamp umbrella fern
- Gleichenia microphylla – Carrier tangle, parasol fern, waewaekākā
- Sticherus cunninghamii – Umbrella fern, tapuwae kōtuku, waekura
- Sticherus flabellatus
- Sticherus tener
- Ctenopteris herterphylla - Comb fern
- Grammitis billardierei – Common strap fern
- Grammitis ciliata
- Grammitis gunnii
- Grammitis magellanica
- Grammitis patagonica
- Grammitis pseudociliata
- Grammitis rawlingsii
- Grammitis ridida
- Hymenopyllum armstrongii
- Hymenopyllum atrovirens
- Hymenopyllum bivalve
- Hymenopyllum cupressiforme
- Hymenopyllum demissum – Drooping filmy fern, irirangi, piripiri
- Hymenopyllum dilatatum – Matua, mauku
- Hymenopyllum ferrugineum – Rusty filmy fern
- Hymenopyllum flabellatum – Fan-like filmy fern
- Hymenopyllum fleuosum
- Hymenopyllum lyallii
- Hymenopyllum malingii
- Hymenopyllum minimum
- Hymenopyllum multifidum – Much-divided filmy fern
- Hymenopyllum peltatum – One-sided filmy fern
- Hymenopyllum pulcherrimun – Tufted filmy fern
- Hymenopyllum rarum
- Hymenopyllum revoltum
- Hymenopyllum refescens
- Hymenopyllum sanguinolentum - Piripiri
- Hymenopyllum scabrum – Rough filmy fern
- Hymenopyllum villosum – Hairy filmy fern
- Trichomanes colensoi
- Trichomanes elongatum - Bristle fern
- Trichomanes endlicherianum
- Trichomanes reniforme – Kidney fern, konehu, kopakapa, raurenga
- Ptisana salicina - King fern, horseshoe fern, para
- Leptopteris hymenophylloides – Single crepe fern, heruheru
- Leptopteris superba – Crepe fern, Prince of Wales feathers, heruheru, ngātukākariki, ngutungutu kiwi
- Osmeunda regalis – Royal fern
- Todea barbara – Hard todea
- Botrychium australe – Parsley fern, patotara
- Botrychium biforme – Fine-leaved parsley fern
- Botrychium lunaria – Moonwort
- Ophioglossum coriaceum – Adder’s tongue
- Ophioglossum petiolatum – Stalked adder tongue
- Anarthropteris lanceolata – Lance fern
- Microsorum pustulatum – Hounds tongue fern, kōwaowao, pāraharaha
- Microsorum novae-zealandiae
- Microsorum scandens – Fragrant fern, mokimoki
- Polypodium vulgare – Common polypody
- Pyrrosia elagnifolia – Leather-leaf fern
- Adiantum aethiopicum – True maidenhair, mākaka
- Adiantum capillus-veneris – European maidenhair, venus-hair fern
- Adiantum cunninghamii – Common maidenhair, Cunningham’s maidenhair
- Adiantum diaphanum – Small maidenhair
- Adiantum formosum – Giant maidenhair, plumed maidenhair
- Adiantum fulvum
- Adiantum hispidulum – Rosy maidenhair
- Adiantum Raddianum
- Adiantum viridescens
- Anogramma leptophylla – Annual fern, Jersey fern
- Cheilanthes distans – Woolly cloak fern, woolly rock fern
- Cheilanthes sieberi – Rock fern
- Pellaea calidirupium
- Pellaea falcata
- Pellaea rotundifolia – Button fern, round-leaved fern, tarawera
- Pteris comans – Coastal brake, netted brake
- Pteris cretica – Cretan brake
- Pteris macilenta - Sweet fern
- Pteris saxatilis - Carse
- Pteris tremula – Shaking brake, tender brake, turawera
- Lygodium articulatum – Bushmans mattress, makamaka, mangemenge
- Schizaea austrlis – Southern comb fern
- Schizaea dichotoma – Fan fern
- Schizaea fistulosa - Comb fern
See also
References
- Brownsey, P. and Smith-Dodsworth, J (2000) ‘’New Zealand ferns and allied plants’’ Auckland: David Bateman Ltd.
- Landcare Research - Ngā Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants